The Delmore vs Rivage: Collins Avenue Oceanfront Comparison 2026

Side-by-Side Comparison

The Delmore figures from Florida YIMBY and The Real Deal coverage of the DAMAC International and Zaha Hadid Architects Surfside project. Rivage top-of-range figures from Haute Living's July 2026 South Florida new-development update; remaining Rivage figures from public developer and listing data. Last verified July 27, 2026. All prices and dates are developer estimates and subject to change. Contact us for current specifications.

Price and Scale

These two pages sit more than $8 million apart at the entry point, and that gap is the whole story. The Delmore opens at $15 million and averages $35 to $40 million per The Real Deal, but for that you get a fully furnished four- to five-bedroom Zaha Hadid Architects residence in a 37-home building. You are not buying square footage at the lowest price, you are buying a furnished, finished home in one of only 37 units the firm will ever deliver on this parcel. Rivage opens at $7 million for a 3,284 square foot home and runs up to roughly 6,655 square feet, across 61 residences. Buyers ask me which is "more boutique," and the honest answer is that both are small for the ocean: the real split is turnkey-and-furnished at The Delmore versus larger raw floor plates you finish your way at Rivage. The Delmore concentrates dollars into furnishing and design pedigree; Rivage concentrates them into floor area.

The top of each range moved this summer, and it moved in Rivage's favor. As of July 2026, Haute Living's South Florida new-development update puts Rivage sky villas at around $10 million and penthouses at $40 million to $75 million, with trophy penthouses closed or under contract above $5,000 per square foot. That matters more than a list price, because it is a traded number in a building that is finishing, not a projection on a building that has not sold. The Delmore's own top end is larger on paper, averaging $35 million to $40 million with penthouses that could exceed $150 million per The Real Deal, but those are asking levels on residences nobody has closed yet. When I read the two ranges side by side, I weight Rivage's numbers heavier because the market has already tested them.

Developer and Design

The two projects sit on opposite ends of the design-versus-delivery spectrum. The Delmore is developed by DAMAC International, with Zaha Hadid Architects designing both the building and the furnished interiors and ODP Architecture & Design as architect of record. That is the unusual part: the same office that shaped the exterior also signs the furniture and finishes, so the home arrives as one coherent Zaha Hadid object. Rivage is developed by Related Group with Two Roads Development, two names with long South Florida track records, and architecture by SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) with interiors by Rottet Studio and landscape by Enea Garden Design. Rottet's delivered finishes at Rivage include 10-foot ceilings, terraces up to 12 feet deep, travertine baths, and Sub-Zero and Wolf kitchens. So the design contrast is not pedigree versus no pedigree. It is a single-author sculptural statement at The Delmore against a deep-bench team building a deliver-now tower at Rivage.

Delivery Timeline

This is the cleanest separation between the two. Rivage targets completion in 2026, so its finishes are not aspirational renderings, they are being delivered, and a buyer can plan a near-term move-in. The Delmore is at the opposite end of the cycle: DAMAC soft-launched sales in January 2025, plans to relaunch sales toward the end of 2026, and anticipates completion in 2029. So a Rivage buyer is choosing a building they can occupy soon, while a Delmore buyer is committing early to a 2029 home and accepting a roughly three-year horizon in exchange for first pick of a 37-unit building. Pre-construction delivery dates are developer estimates and can shift during the construction cycle, and the gap here is years, not months.

The sales side of The Delmore is the part buyers need stated plainly. In July 2026, The Wall Street Journal reported that DAMAC International still had not closed a single residence more than a year after the January 2025 soft launch, with the collection priced from $15 million to over $150 million. DAMAC is finishing the sales gallery, resubmitting the master building permit, and lining up a general contractor and insurance before it relaunches. My read for buyers is that this is a genuinely rare oceanfront Surfside product, and the site carries a history that deserves to be treated seriously rather than sold around, so I walk clients through the relaunch timeline and the risk of a further slip before anyone signs. Rivage carries none of that timing question. It is finishing.

Neighborhood: Surfside vs Bal Harbour

The two addresses are roughly a mile and a half apart on Collins, but they are different micro-markets. The Delmore at 8777 Collins is in Surfside, a low-rise, residential beach town where this 1.8-acre parcel carries real weight: it is the former Champlain Towers South site, and DAMAC and Zaha Hadid Architects are rebuilding it as a single 37-residence building. Rivage at 10245 Collins is in Bal Harbour, the retail-anchored village known for its shops, and its developer calls the parcel the last three oceanfront acres left in the village. So both pitch scarcity, but they mean different things by it: a one-of-37 furnished building on a rebuilt Surfside lot versus the final new-construction oceanfront site in Bal Harbour. Either way, these are two of the most established oceanfront enclaves in Miami-Dade.

Who Should Pick Which

Choose Rivage Bal Harbour if you need a home, not a position. A family relocating to South Florida, a buyer trading out of a dated oceanfront condo, or anyone who wants to be on the beach in the next year should take Rivage. You get 3,284 square feet at the $7 million entry, up to roughly 6,655 square feet at the top, 10-foot ceilings and terraces up to 12 feet deep from Rottet Studio, and a 2026 completion in a 61-residence SOM building at 10245 Collins. You finish the interior to your own taste rather than inheriting someone else's furniture package.

Choose The Delmore if you are buying design authorship and can carry the wait. The collector who wants a Zaha Hadid Architects building inside and out, delivered furnished, in a 37-residence Surfside address that will never be repeated, is the buyer this project was drawn for. That buyer needs to accept a $15 million floor, an anticipated 2029 completion, a sales relaunch that has not happened yet, and the fact that no residence has closed. If any one of those four gives you pause, this is not your building.

If you are buying to hold rather than to live, I lean Rivage. Its price levels have been tested by actual closings, its delivery is measured in months instead of years, and Bal Harbour oceanfront supply is closed after this parcel. The Delmore's case is real, but it rests on a scarcity that only pays off if the relaunch lands and the building gets built on schedule. Both are direct Collins Avenue oceanfront, which is the asset that holds value here. The first question I ask a buyer weighing these two is simple: do you need a home, or do you want an object? The answer settles it faster than any spec sheet.

"The real choice between these two is not price, it is furnished-and-finished versus larger-and-sooner. The Delmore is a furnished 37-unit Zaha Hadid building completing 2029; Rivage is a 61-unit SOM tower with larger floor plates delivering 2026. I tell buyers to decide whether they want a turnkey art-object they wait for, or a bigger home they finish and use now."Gerardo Gonzalez, Licensed Real Estate Agent at Compass

My Recommendation

If you want a furnished, single-author Zaha Hadid Architects residence and you can wait until 2029, The Delmore is the rarer asset, one of only 37 homes on a rebuilt Surfside parcel, and that scarcity is real. If you want to be on Bal Harbour oceanfront sooner, in a larger 3,284-square-foot-and-up home you finish to taste, with a $7 million entry and 2026 delivery, Rivage is the practical pick. The furnished-versus-larger and 2029-versus-2026 splits are the two decisions that actually matter here; price follows from them. Read the full pages for each: The Delmore Surfside and Rivage Bal Harbour. Then contact me and I will pull the current price sheets and run a side-by-side on the specific units you are weighing. I represent buyers on both, so my read stays on your side of the table.

Key Takeaways

• Entry price: Rivage Bal Harbour starts at $7 million for a 3,284 square foot three-bedroom. The Delmore starts at $15 million for a fully furnished four-bedroom. The roughly $8 million gap buys furniture and design authorship, not floor area.
• Top of range: Rivage sky villas run about $10 million and its penthouses $40 million to $75 million as of July 2026 per Haute Living, with trophy penthouses above $5,000 per square foot. The Delmore averages $35 million to $40 million with penthouses that could exceed $150 million per The Real Deal, but none has closed.
• Scale: The Delmore is 37 residences across 12 floors on a 1.8-acre Surfside parcel. Rivage is 61 residences across 24 stories on the last three oceanfront acres in Bal Harbour, roughly 2.5 homes per floor.
• Developer and design: DAMAC International builds The Delmore with Zaha Hadid Architects on both the building and the furnished interiors, and ODP Architecture and Design as architect of record. Related Group and Two Roads Development build Rivage with SOM architecture, Rottet Studio interiors, and Enea Garden Design landscape.
• Delivery and who each suits: Rivage targets completion in 2026 and suits the buyer who wants larger raw floor plates and a near-term move-in. The Delmore anticipates 2029, plans to relaunch sales toward the end of 2026, and suits the buyer who wants a furnished single-author Zaha Hadid residence and can carry a roughly three-year wait.

Quick Facts: The Delmore vs Rivage